Chileans took to the streets on the 18th, clashing with police all over Santiago and other cities as an anniversary of the 2019 uprising that led to the reformation of the constitution under President Piñera.
Dozens of protesters gathered across Sudan for a 5th day after the removal of government subsidies on fuel and petrol, which raised consumer prices by more than 200%. Using previous tactics, barricades were burnt and roadblocks were placed in order to pressure for concessions.
Dozens of protesters in San Juan returned to the streets in opposition to the privatization of electricity in the American colony of Puerto Rico. Dozens of police officers in riot gear assaulted protesters at the Convention Center, many of whom were seen displaying far-right iconography on their uniforms.
Hundreds of protesters in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center took to the streets for a third consecutive day, demanding the prosecution of the officer who murdered 20-year-old Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man. Police launched an exorbitant amount of munitions, firing tear gas and rubber bullets as well as crowd control grenades at the crowd.
Over 5,000 protesters gathered to pay homage at the funeral of Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda, a leftist Mapuche activist known for continuing the legacy of her 3 sons murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile during the 1980s. Clashes with police and looting occurred along the caravan’s route, though the funeral itself occurred without incidents.
